Cyclic stress at mHz frequencies aligns fibroblasts in direction of zero strain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Faust, Uta ^a   Hampe, Nico ^a   Rubner, Wolfgang ^a   Kirchgeßner, Norbert ^a,c   Safran, Sam ^b   Hoffmann, Bernd ^a   Merkel, Rudolf ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; ACTIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; VINCULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST; MECHANORECEPTOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS FIBER; TENSION; UMBILICAL CORD; ACTIN FILAMENT; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; CELL SHAPE; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; STRESS FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; VINCULIN;

EID: 83455246926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028963     Document Type: Article

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